Guidance

Local plans: monitoring progress

The Planning Inspectorate maintains a list of the overall position for each LPA and a list of local plan examination hearing dates we are holding over the next few months

Applies to England

Documents

Plans containing strategic policies

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Plans containing non-strategic policies

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Details

If you have a question about the timing of the publication, submission or adoption of a local plan, please contact the relevant LPA directly.

Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2012
Last updated 128 MarchApril 2026 + show all updates
  1. Plans and hearing dates documents updated

  2. Plans updated for March 2026

  3. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  4. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  5. Wolverhampton Local Plan opening hearing was due to start tomorrow 16/12 but has been postponed, new date to be confirmed.

  6. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  7. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  8. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  9. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  10. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  11. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  12. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  13. Plans containing non-strategic policies, Local Plan examination hearing dates and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  14. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies documents updated

  15. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  16. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  17. LPA hearing dates updated

  18. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated with February 2025 data

  19. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  20. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  21. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated with January 2025 data

  22. Hearing dates added for Enfield local plan

  23. Latest hearing dates added. Table updated to reorder most recent at top.

  24. The following have been updated: Plans containing strategic policies - file attachment Plans containing non-strategic policies - file attachment Plans containing strategic policies - HTML attachment Plans containing non-strategic policies - HTML attachment

  25. Latest data updated for 'Plans containing strategic policies' and 'Plans containing non-strategic policies'

  26. 'list of local plan examination hearing dates' updated.

  27. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  28. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  29. Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  30. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  31. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  32. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  33. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  34. All attachments have been updated.

  35. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies have been updated

  36. Plans containing strategic policies -and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  37. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies - file attachment and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  38. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates all updated with latest data

  39. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated with March 2023 data

  40. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  41. A hearing date for for Blackburn & Darwin has been added to the Local Plan examination dates.

  42. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  43. Local Plan examination hearing dates data updated

  44. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  45. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  46. Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  47. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  48. Warrington and Barking and Dagenham added to the local plan hearing dates

  49. Updated with hearing dates for Cornwall Council's Climate Emergency DPD examination.

  50. Hearing dates added, plans containing strategic and plans containing non-strategic updated.

  51. Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.

  52. Plans containing strategic policies updated for March 2022. No update to the Plans containing non-strategic policies.

  53. East Northants hearing details added

  54. Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  55. A list of Local Plan Examination hearing dates the Planning Inspectorate is holding over the next few months has been added

  56. Plans containing strategic policies updated.

  57. Plans containing strategic policies updated

  58. Plans containing strategic policies list updated

  59. July data added to the strategic plan sheet

  60. July 2021 data added

  61. First published.

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